Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialGundel @gundeloriginal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026#WildHornets A new raffle is available! 🍀🇺🇦🍀🐝🫶 295
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialJeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Trump and Hegseth are slowly destroying the American arms industry. The world is very busy right now developing weapon systems production apart from the U.S. Long time buyers are moving to other sources. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...ukrinform.netUS warns Europe about delays in weapons deliveries due to war with Iran - ReutersAmerican officials have informed their European counterparts that part of previously signed arms supply contracts will be delayed amid the war with Iran. — Ukrinform. 182
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Comforting to know that it's many of us, I suppose 🤷♂️ (I don't know if you see this post or not? 🤔)rollingout.comBluesky feeds go dark for users across three continentsBluesky is experiencing a widespread feed outage on April 16, 2026, with Home and Explore timelines failing to load across the US, UK and Europe due to an upstream provider issue. 22110
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Bluesky is having massive problems today 🧯 4120
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Good piece. 318061
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialCenter for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 15/04/2026Animal Magic: Pets and Vets Aid Ukraine’s Resistance | “Animals interrupt psychic numbing by restoring emotional connection in a way that is immediate, physical, and reliable.” Mitzi Perduecepa.orgAnimal Magic: Pets and Vets Aid Ukraine’s ResistancePets and animals play a crucial role in the resilience of Ukraine; veterinarians should be treated as a vital part of resistance to the war. 1164
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialYana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026truly a hideous human being, look at him so proud that russia was able to kill kids in their beds thanks to him what a hero..... Americans sign "memorandums" then renege on them and boast about it to their citizens, yeah better off making a deal with the devil than America 13114
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialSaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Router as a GRU Weapon: How Russian Intelligence Turned Home Networks Into a Global Spy Platform razomua.media/en/new... 1/10razomua.mediaRouter as a GRU Weapon: How Russian Intelligence Turned Home Networks Into a Global Spy Platform# SBU, FBI and EU partners expose "Dying Ember" operation — GRU used over a thousand compromised routers from small businesses and households in over a dozen countries, including Ukraine, to steal credentials from government and military structures. A device sitting in the corner of an office could have been a Moscow spy node. 1123
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialBenjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 14/04/2026"Russia is staffing its drone terror infrastructure with children and coerced foreign labor, under communications blackout, behind FSB checkpoints, inside a facility that sends drones into Ukrainian residential neighborhoods every night. Atesh has agents on the inside and they are still reporting." 0319
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialSunnieskye @sunnieskye.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Things are rolling fast! Meloni just suspended Italy’s defense pact with Israel after Israel fired on a convoy of Italian and UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. 0134
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialjaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Any Hungarian fellas or friends who can check local media to see if there is any on an American guy named Chris Buskirk giving a talk at Mathias Corvinus Collegium? Might be April 2024—or earlier, but that is the oldest Internet Archive result. He now claims he never had any contact with them… 😒 034
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/04/2026Lithuania's parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas said peace with Russia can be secured only from a position of strength and warned that unless Moscow is stopped in Ukraine, it will continue its aggression deeper into Europe.kyivindependent.comWhat the West doesn't understand about Russia, from a Lithuanian who knowsDrawing on Lithuania's own history of Soviet occupation, Juozas Olekas argues that Europe's best chance to prevent a wider war is to help Ukraine defeat Russia. 620353
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialJeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 14/04/2026"For the glory of Russia, we must take this tiny, little village!" "I don't care if it takes one million Russian lives!" "We must have this little village!" 041
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialhromadske @hromadske.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The European Commission has stated that it plans to disburse the first tranche of a 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, June), rather than in the second half of the year, as previously reported, Balázs Újvári, a spokesperson for the EU Commission, told Suspilne 151
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialBlack Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 14/04/2026So, how’s the CPC feel about re-electing Pollievere in a landslide now? Seems like people don’t give a shit about culture wars in the middle of a global crisis. Congrats to the PM. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCarney clinches a majority government with 3 Liberal byelection wins | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney clinched a majority government Monday after three byelection wins in central Canada, a significant result that will give the governing party full control of the House of Com... 0192
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Well done. Let’s all follow this good example. 000
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialAlina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026💥 Today, Russians tried to destroy the Pechenihy Reservoir dam in the #Kharkiv region. They hit it with six guided bobms, aiming for flooding, chaos, and an environmental disaster down the stream. This attempt failed. 12016
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Spinless Trump Inc lock horns with China? Not a chance. 021
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. www.wired.com/story/the-in...wired.comThe Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in PerilAs major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. 014559
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 14/04/2026www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... That was quick. 🏳️ If sanctioned Russian 🚢 & China can sail through the “blockade” then who will the U.S. stop? Or is the Trump admin just holding out in hope of a share of the transit fees?independent.co.ukIran-US war latest: Chinese tanker sails through Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockadeThe Rich Starry vessel appears to be the first to make it through the chokepoint since the blockade began 030
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Some blessed day soon this will be central Moscow & St Petersburg 020
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 14/04/2026These bastards need to be shut down 055
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialBenjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is correct. The US is out. NATO in its current form is dead. Ukraine is Europe’s security guarantee. And why shouldn’t Europe build its security around the leading military in the world? Compared to US, Ukraine is more advanced, cheaper procurement, and have stronger democratic values. 0308
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Vance should go visit Paris just to make sure 731153
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is the paper to read on the implications of the Hormuz energy shock for the European economy - and how to cushion the blow most effectively. The core idea - to draw lessons from the flaws of the 2022-2023 response - is spot on. By my colleagues Elisabetta and John. www.cer.eu/insights/ene...cer.euEnergy shock 2.0: Lessons from 2022 for the Hormuz crisisIf the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, Europe will face as serious an energy crisis as it did in 2022. This time, energy poverty policies must be more targeted, and electrification more ambitious. 12613
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialManuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 13/04/2026Whether or not the Hungarian government changes is, in principle, immaterial to Várhelyi's position. He is a European Commissioner, not a Hungarian one. But von der Leyen can fire him. And I wonder why she would want to keep a PfE politician when she knows that she can replace him with an EPP one? 3135
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialSlava Bonkus #ElonSucksSoHard @bonkski.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Now we have!😇 Habemus papam!🐾 #NAFO #PopeLeo #WeAreNAFO #WeAreTeamLeo #TeamLeo #NAFOexpansionisnonnegotiable 43512
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.social.dotdisplay()TAURUSForUkraine🇺🇦 @ddotdisplay.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Magyar should immediately make the entire ruZZian consulate in Hungary persona non grata and expel them immediately. 1182
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Can Magyars new govnt arrest & charge Orban with corruption/ theft? Orban deserves it but is it possible? 261
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialAnca B. @b-anca.bsky.social · 13/04/2026We should learn from the experiences of former communist countries that did not properly dismantle the old structures after the regime change. 1102
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialAnca B. @b-anca.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Orbán posted a video saying that he is getting back to work. I hope that Hungarians, and all countries that manage to remove such leaders, understand that if these people are not held accountable for the illegal acts they committed, they will continue to aspire to power, and eventually regain it. 66220
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialNick in Moldova @brit-in-moldova.bsky.social · 13/04/2026skyview.social?url=https%3A... The view from Russian pro war bloggers on the defeat of Orban. They are not happy. "Step by step, European diplomats are depriving us of leverage over European politics, including in countries that are not yet EU members but are within the EU's orbit of interests."skyview.socialA BlueSky thread by ChrisO_wiki on Skyview1/ The fall of Victor Orbán is being mourned as a catastrophe by Russian warbloggers and commentators. They lament the loss of a man whom they openly call 263
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026How russia uses Orthodox Church as an arm of propaganda and espionage and how #Estonia combats real life war-nuns and spying priests balticsentinel.eu/8451357/esto...balticsentinel.euEstonian Security Police Expelled Russian “War Nuns” and an Orthodox Cleric Was Caught Photographing Near a Military BaseEstonia’s internal security service KAPO has sharpened its warning about representatives of Russian Orthodoxy in the country, arguing in its latest annual report that some clergy tied to the Moscow Pa... 13313
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Music to my Ukrainian ears ✨People chanting ‘Russians go home!’ in Budapest metro . I am so proud of you Hungary 🇭🇺 618038
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Trump would like a lot less NATO and a lot more ‘Washington Pact’. NATO is not a goon squad for 🇺🇸 neo imperial commercial ventures. It’s clear Trump was only ever interested in taking control of Irans oil, does he hope now to salvage a profit by securing a cut of the Hormuz transit fees? 3104
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialalina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Ukraine anti-monopoly committee rejects UAE's bid for FirePoint. As it should, you don't want to lose the crown jewels, you want to keep the capability sovereign and monetise it www.reuters.com/legal/transa... 031
bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social · 13/04/2026If only. Would be interesting as Orban dispersed funds for the whole rotten right wing anti EU network. 093
Reposted by @bluenote1866.bsky.socialNick in Moldova @brit-in-moldova.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Observation on functional democracies... Putin knows that his endorsement is a kiss of death for his preferred candidates. So he uses back door financing, lies, bribes, and attacks on enemies. Trump is too vain / stupid for this, and noisily endorses the biggest arse kisser who sings his praises. 173